answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The era of the steamboat began in America in 1787 when John Fitch (1743-1798) made the first successful trial of a forty-five-foot steamboat on the Delaware River on August 22, 1787, in the presence of members of the Constitutional Convention.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Where did the first steamboats come from?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Who invented the first steamboats?

robert fulton


Are there steamboats in Reno?

No steamboats


What first made commercial agriculture feasible in the Northwest?

steamboats


Who invented the first practical steamboats?

Robert Fulton invented the first practical steamboat.


When did people first start using steamboats?

Around the 1890's


What rhymes with steamboats?

There are no perfect rhymes for the word steamboats.


How were Americans affected by the introduction of steamboats?

The use of steamboats on major US rivers soon followed Fulton's success. In 1811 the first in a continuous line of river steamboats left the dock at Pittsburgh to steam down the Ohio River to the Mississippi and on to New Orleans


What are disadvantages of steamboats?

Steamboats cost a lot of money to maintain


What mode of transportation first became popular on the Mississippi River during the 1800s?

steamboats


What are facts about steamboats?

Steamboats are used to carry good and large products


How did steamboats change transportation?

Steamboats were faster than sail boats.


Why did they make steamboats instead of normal steamboats?

because it was time before they didn't know NORMAL steamboats but......a normal steamboat is still a steamboat